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Originally Posted by GGG
And if you wanted to force those things to happen the army going on strike and refusing deployment would likely bring those issues to the surface.
On Safety standards and proper working conditions unionization was very effective in the trades same with pensions. So a bunch of the items you would like fixed could be well addressed through unions.
Does that fit within the command structure of an army I have no idea but if you strike for proper equipment you will shed light on the issue quickly.
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You don't understand
The military as a unit and as collection cannot put themselves above the good of the country and the orders of the government.
As well I can just see a union destroying the trust that's needed between ranks and senior NCM's and officers. That's what they do unions play the class warfare game.
If you have a military that has the ability to go on strike or commit work actions then it goes against the efficiency of the entire structures of the forces.
And the whole striking for better equipment, then who decides on that, some private or corporal? Do privates and corporals have a complete strategic picture of the force and force requirements.
The problems with equipment isn't with the military, its with the government and the civilian bureaucracy, but I would be horrified to see what would happen if a union got their hands involved.
On top of that would you have basically private johnson acting as a shop steward, making demands on deployments? That's why you have senior NCM's to act as the effective line of communication and interpretation of orders.
The guy who wrote that article is completely clueless, he has no idea about what he's talking about.
Not even the soviet union the workers paradise unionized the military. In fact I would be willing to bet that if that happened that every union solider would be shot.
The military is not a company or corporation, when you sign on you sign on knowing certain conditions, and that unless a order is considered to be immoral or generated through incompetence or cowardice that you obey it and accept the conditions.